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ARTHUR B. DEwEs, OF S'LLOUIS. MISSOURI.`

COMBINATION STATEMENT AND ENvELoP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J' uly 17, 1906.

Application filed November 6.1905. Serial No. 286.149.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR B. DEwEs, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Combination Statement and Envelop, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a combination statement andenvelop; and it consists in the novel arrangement, construction, andcombination Of arts, as will be fulry hereinafter described and)claimed.

. he object of my invention is to 'construct out of a single sheet ofmaterial a statement,

letter-head, bill-head, or other material for correspondence incombination with an envelop.

A further object of my invention is to construct a device in such amanner that the contents or writing is com letely hidden from Viewwhenproperl fol ed and formed into an envelop, the addyiess of thestatement actingI' also as the address for the envelop.

n the drawings, Figure 1 is a blank showing my complete invention. Fig.2 is a view showin the first step of folding. Fig. 3 is a view sowingthe second step of olding. Fig. 4 is a view showing the third step oflfoldin Fi 5 is a view showing the rear side o the evice folded and inthe form of an envelop ready for mailing. Fig. 6 is a perspective viewshowing the device when olded and in the act of being formed into anenvelop and for sealing the same. Fi 7 is a perspective view of amodified form', s owing the sealing-lap and the address-aperture in adifferent location. l

Referring to the drawings in detail, 8 indicates a sheet of pa erprovided with perforations 9 and 10. he spaces formed by theperforations 9 and 10 will be referred to by the numerals 11, 12, and13. The space 11 is provided with the ordinary ruling 14, the lines foraddressing 15, and the name of the iirm 16. On the lines 15 are placedthe name v and address of the customer to which the statement, letter,or bill is to be sent. On the space 12 is formed a 'fla 17, which is cutout of the material on the `nes indicated by the numeral 18. On thisflap is imprinted the name of the firm, which acts as the return noticewhen the envelop is sealed. The line 19 indicates the point on which theiap is secured and also where the blank is to be folded. The line 2Oindicates the point on which the blank is also to be folded. In foldingthe blank after the contents has been written in the space 11 the sheetis folded on the line 9 and assumes the position as shown in Fi. 2. Thenext step is to fold the ed e forme in the space 13 on the line 10,which will then assume the appearance as shown in Fig. 8. The upper edgeis then folded on the line 19, which appears as shown in Fig. 4. Thelower edge is then folded upwardly on the line 2O and forms the envelopas shown in Fig. 5. The flap 17 is then folded over the edge and gummedto the rear side 21. When the device has been folded as described, thename and the address written on the lines 15 can be seen through theopening 22, formed by the bending of the iiap 17, and to the upperright-hand corner is placed the stamp 23. To open a device of thischaracter, the party receiving the letter cuts the envelop at the pointindicated by the numeral 24. The sta-tement portion of the device isthen torn from the remaining portion on the line 9, and the same can befiled for future reference.

By referring to Fig. 7 I show a modified form, that of placing the iiapand opening in the center, which is done by a different mode of folding.A device of this character `is simple in construction and being formedout of a sheet of paper so that it has no projectin laps or edges can bereadily blocked an formed without the waste of material. The devices atpresent on the market are so formed that by cutting the same from asheet of paper considerable waste is necessary, and therefore expensive.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to havesecured to me by Letters Patent, is*- In a combined envelop andletter-sheet having a plurality of folding sections, a section having aspace adapted to receive Written matter and an-address, an adjoiningsection having an opening formed by cutting a flap therefrom, saidopening, when the sec- IOO tions are folded to ether, adapted to overlieIn testimonyvwhereof I halve signed my the s ace on the rst section forreceiving name to this specification in presence of tWo an a dress, theedge of one of said sections subscribing Witnesses.

being adapted, when the article is folded, to ARTHUR B. DEWES. lie atthe base of said iap whereby the Hap Witnesses: may be turned back uponthe section and ALFRED A. EIoKs, sealed thereto. W. C. STEIN.

